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Information Today December 16, 2014 |
GPO Unveils Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) published the official digital and print versions of the "Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's [CIA] Detention and Interrogation Program." |
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Ted Gup |
Clueless in Langley For two decades, the CIA has been making excuses for why it has failed to tackle terrorism. Can a spy agency rooted in the Cold War adapt to a changed world? |
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant. |
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Ken Silverstein & David Isenberg |
Political Intelligence What happens when U.S. spies get the goods -- and the government won't listen? |
National Defense March 2009 Charles Faddis |
CIA Must Return To Its Roots To Become Effective Once Again Almost seven decades after the birth of this civilian intelligence agency, we need to go back to the beginning -- to a lean, flexible, imaginative organization trained and equipped to confront our nation's enemies. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
Parameters Spring 2005 Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure. |
AskMen.com |
Cheney backs Limbaugh over Powell Dick Cheney made clear he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh into political battle over the future of the Republican Party. |
Salon.com September 5, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Budget battle looms Bush continues to stand behind some loopy surplus figures. But can the Democrats mount an effective counterattack? |
Reason February 2007 |
Divided We Stand What sort of legislation and political theater should the friends of "Free Minds and Free Markets" expect during the next two years? Is the new situation an improvement or disaster? |
Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress. |
Salon.com November 2, 2000 Daniel Ellsberg |
Would Clinton ban release of the Pentagon Papers? The whistle-blower who helped end the Vietnam War discusses the greatest threat ever to free speech and a free press... |
Managed Care March 2001 |
Bush: Medicare Drug Benefit Tied To Overall Reform Working quickly, President Bush has drafted the first half of his prescription drug plan for Medicare and sent it to Congress... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved. |
Salon.com September 11, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Bush gets in on Hollywood-bashing Lynne Cheney will be able to take her shots at the entertainment industry before Congress in what's shaping up to be the season's biggest gangbang |
Salon.com December 16, 2000 Anthony York |
Will Republicans be Bush's worst enemies? From John McCain to Tom DeLay, members of his own party could make the most trouble for the president-elect... |
National Defense July 2013 Dan Parsons |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Strikes Score Victories But Could Backfire in the Long Run There are widening policy concerns about the legality of drone strikes and that U.S. action is setting a dangerous precedent for when and how technologically superior nations can and should wage war. |
Parameters Summer 2005 |
Commentary & Reply Intelligence Reform: More Needs to Be Done... Clausewitz and "How Has War Changed?"... etc. |
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton |
Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation. |
Salon.com February 1, 2002 Jeff Stein |
Bin Laden's Olympic dreams Al-Qaida conducted "meticulous" surveillance of Salt Lake City, intelligence official says... |
Wired October 2009 Stephen Lee |
Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen If the U.S. wants a successful intelligence agency, a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary. |
Parameters Summer 2006 Arthur C. Winn |
The Future of US Intelligence The four books reviewed here address the future of US intelligence. However, each has a different focus: Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information that Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America...and How the CIA has Ignored it by Curt Weldon... etc. |
U.S. CPSC October 31, 2007 |
CPSC Acting Chairman Issues Statement on Letter to Congress A response to those who called for his resignation. |
Salon.com September 6, 2001 Jake Tapper |
What vanishing surplus? The Republicans try to ignore budget woes, while the Democrats plot to pin the tail on the elephant... |
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Jake Tapper |
The throwback Bush's choice of Dick Cheney has conservatives -- and centrist Democrats -- brimming with confidence. |
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Richard S. Dunham |
Who's Afraid Of Charlie Rangel? Business worries about the Dems gaining control of the House. Maybe it needn't fret. |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Dunham & Javers |
The Politics Of Change As power shifts on Capitol Hill, business faces a new reality |
Salon.com January 15, 2002 Laura Miller |
I was a cowboy for the CIA In a new memoir, tough-guy ex-field agent Robert Baer blasts wimpy pencil pushers and "politics" for keeping him from lassoing terrorist evildoers. He's right -- but you wouldn't want his kind in charge, either... |
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge: Lame Ducks and the Economy A host of tax, budget and regulatory issues will still be on the table when Congress reconvenes after the November election. Will the two parties be able to put aside their differences and act? |
Salon.com April 24, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Deadly mistake Why did the Peruvian military shoot down a plane full of innocent people -- and why was the CIA involved? |
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch |
How To: Become A Secret Agent What guy hasn't actually wondered what it would be like to be a spy? Cruising around foreign countries, experiencing great adventures, hooking up with hot exotic babes, and, at the same time, helping out your country. |
Inc. February 1, 2003 Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
Salon.com September 12, 2002 Robert Scheer |
Where's Osama? Sept. 11 could have been avoided if our intelligence agencies had done their job. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller |
Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller |
Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November |
Geotimes March 2005 Emily Lehr Wallace |
Inside Baseball Rules Congress Knowing the ins and outs of committee jurisdictions and chairmanships is knowledge that can give scientists power in promoting their interests. |
Reason November 2008 Veronique de Rugy |
Fear of a Unified Government What happens to federal spending when the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency? |
InternetNews November 14, 2006 Roy Mark |
Congress Urged to Extend R&R Tax Credit A wide range of technology trade groups called upon Congress today to stop playing politics with the extension of the research and development tax credit. |
Salon.com May 17, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Dr. Mobil & Mr. Shell Overjoyed by the chance to portray Cheney & Bush as Big Oil fat cats, Democrats pour gasoline over the president's energy plan... |
Managed Care November 2000 |
Rights Bill Inaction Spurs Clinton To Act Without Congress Health care issues generated political brinkmanship as the 106th Congress skidded toward Election Day -- capped by President Clinton's declaration of a limited series of patient rights regulations following Congress's failure to pass a patient rights bill... |
AskMen.com Craig Mazin |
Top 10: Spy Agencies Many countries place great importance on the function of their intelligence/spy agencies. Intelligence failures can lead to terrible consequences, while successes can help countries avert unnecessary tragedies. Read on about the top 10 presently active spy agencies operating in the world today. |
Entrepreneur April 2007 Joshua Kurlantzick |
In With the New The shift in congressional leadership could prove a boon for small business. What might the new Congress do for you? |
CIO August 4, 2008 Thomas Wailgum |
Inside the CIA's Extreme Technology Makeover, Part 1 Al Tarasiuk, the CIA's CIO, is on a mission to modernize the agency's IT practices and connections to the intelligence community. It's just like any other IT-business alignment project, except that he has to get disparate departments to share data while supporting the White House's war on terror. |
Geotimes February 2005 Katie Donnelly |
For Starters: Lame Duck Science and technology research and development did not escape the chopping block. The National Science Foundation received a 1.9 percent cut from last year -- the first cut to the agency in 13 years. |
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
Data-Mine Time in The Senate Want to know what the government is collecting on you and what it's doing with the information? Good luck. |
InternetNews November 10, 2006 Roy Mark |
Will Dems Change Tech Policy? One-party rule in Washington ends next year when the 110th Congress convenes with Democrats taking over the House and the Senate. What does this mean for technology policy? |
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Nancy Feig |
2007 Banking Legislative Forecast An ideological shift in Congress could mean an increase in compliance requirements -- and the necessary technology investments -- for financial services firms. |
Salon.com September 19, 2002 Joe Conason |
Journal Does it matter if an alleged criminal belongs to one political party or another? Ask Rush Limbaugh. |
Salon.com November 21, 2002 Arianna Huffington |
Invasion of the Pelosi snatchers Who sucked the life out of Nancy Pelosi? |